BBC Wales headquarters building

BBC Wales headquarters building
3 Central Square
Artist's impression of the
BBC Wales headquarters building
General information
Architectural style High-tech architecture
Location Cardiff city centre
Address 3 Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FP
Construction started 7 December 2015[1]
Cost £120,000,000
Client BBC Cymru Wales
Owner British Broadcasting Corporation
Technical details
Floor count 5[2]
Floor area 13,900 m2 (150,000 sq ft)[3]
Design and construction
Architect Gerard Evenden[4]
Architecture firm Foster + Partners[5]
Developer Rightacres Property[2]
Structural engineer Arup[1]
Main contractor ISG UK Construction West[1]

The new BBC Wales headquarters building, officially known as 3 Central Square and also known as BBC New Broadcasting House, in Central Square, Cardiff is currently being constructed.[6] The £120 million building will replace the BBC Cymru Wales Broadcasting House in Cardiff,[5] with BBC staff moving in during the autumn of 2019.[5] The building will be half the size of the current Broadcasting House in Llandaff.[7]

The building has been designed by Foster + Partners,[5] and when fully open, it will accommodate 1,200 staff on its four floors, providing office, studio and production space.[1] The building is on the site of the former Cardiff Central bus station.[7] It is envisaged that an estimated 50,000 people will visit the new building every year.[7] The BBC agreed a 20 year lease on the building at an annual rent of around £25 per square foot per annum with Rightacres Property Company, the developer of the Central Square.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ISG named as main contractor for BBC Wales new headquarters at Central Square scheme in the centre of Cardiff". Walesonline. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "The new BBC HQ is already changing the cityscape of Cardiff". Walesonline. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "BBC Wales Broadcasting House, Cardiff". SteelConstruction.info. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Plans revealed for one of Wales's most ambitious development projects at Central Square scheme in Cardiff". Walesonline. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "First images inside BBC Wales' new £120m headquarters in the centre of Cardiff". Walesonline. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Central Square & BBC Wales Headquarters Building (Sept 14)". Design Commission for Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "BBC Wales HQ at bus station site". BBC. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "What the relocation of BBC Wales' headquarters means for Cardiff city centre". Walesonline. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

Coordinates: 51°28′35″N 3°10′48″W / 51.476268°N 3.179891°W / 51.476268; -3.179891

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